48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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13 sections with “normal use allowance”

  • DFARS 235.015-70 Special use allowances for research facilities acquired by educational institutions.
    …and; and (ii) Where the allowance is computed at an annual rate exceeding the rate which normally would be allowed under FAR subpart 31.3. (b) Policy. (1) Educational institutions are to furnish the facilities necessary to perform Defense…
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    …r parent company of the contractor are not severance pay and are unallowable. (4) Actual normal turnover severance payments shall be allocated to all work performed in the contractor's plant. However, if the contractor uses the accrual met…
  • FAR 31.201-6 Accounting for unallowable costs.
    …ny activities to determine if the costs are material. Time spent by employees outside the normal working hours should not be considered except when it is evident that an employee engages so frequently in company activities during periods ou…
  • FAR 31.205-46 Travel costs.
    …ture and return). Appropriate downward adjustments from the maximum per diem rates would normally be required under these circumstances. While these adjustments need not be calculated in accordance with the Federal Travel Regulation or Joi…
  • FAR 11.701 Supply contracts.
    …n percentage. The overrun or underrun permitted in each contract should be based upon the normal commercial practices of a particular industry for a particular item, and the permitted percentage should be no larger than is necessary to affo…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …e following: (i) Comparison of proposed prices received in response to the solicitation. Normally, adequate price competition establishes a fair and reasonable price (see 15.403-1(c)(1)). (ii) Comparison of the proposed prices to historic…
  • FAR 16.203-2 Application.
    … covered separately in the contract. Price adjustments based on established prices should normally be restricted to industry-wide contingencies. Price adjustments based on labor and material costs should be limited to contingencies beyond t…
  • FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity.
    … for the necessary forms. (9) The Contractor shall permit access to its premises, during normal business hours, by the contracting agency or the OFCCP for the purpose of conducting on-site compliance evaluations and complaint investigation…
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    …of the Wage and Hour Division to conduct interviews with employees at the worksite during normal working hours. (j) Pay Periods. The Contractor shall unconditionally pay to each employee subject to the Service Contract Labor Standards stat…
  • FAR 52.222-55 Minimum Wages for Contractor Workers Under Executive Order 14026.
    …istrator to conduct investigations, including interviewing workers at the worksite during normal working hours. (g) Withholding. The Contracting Officer, upon his or her own action or upon written request of the Administrator, will withhol…
  • FAR 52.249-2 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Fixed-Price).
    …he preservation, protection, or disposition of the termination inventory. (h) Except for normal spoilage, and except to the extent that the Government expressly assumed the risk of loss, the Contracting Officer shall exclude from the amoun…
  • FAR 52.249-3 Termination for Convenience of the Government (Dismantling, Demolition, or Removal of Improvements).
    …tion and protection of property under subparagraph (b)(8) of this clause. (h) Except for normal spoilage, and except to the extent that the Government expressly assumed the risk of loss, the Contracting Officer shall exclude from the amoun…
  • DFARS 247.271-1 Policy.
    (a) Annual contracts. Normally— (1) Use requirements contracts to acquire services for the— (i) Preparation of personal property for shipment or storage; and (ii) Performance of intra-area movement. (2) Award contracts on a calendar yea…

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Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.